You may recall the case of Dede Koswara who was dubbed the “tree man” after he developed an unsightly amount of bark-like warts on his skin due to an immune deficiency that did not allow his body to fight off the human papilloma virus. As it turns out, he’s not the only one with this bizarre condition.

Lin Tianzhuan, 38, is known in his town as “coral boy” for good reason. From Shuimen in southern China, he suffered a similar skin problem to Koswara—he began to develop shell-like growths on his skin beginning at age 13.

It’s too bad Dede couldn’t get a similar treatment. From what I gathered, the Indonesian doctors insisted on emphasizing surgery and not medication, as the doctor from Baltimore had recommended. Looks like this fellow got better care.

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